If Music Be...
January 28-29, 2005
Betty oliphant theatre, toronto
An evening of music and dance inspired by Shakespeare. Music by Korngold, Strauss, Cage and Prokofiev. Choreography by Peggy Baker and James Kudelka, paired with scenes from the plays that Inspired the music and dance.
Repertoire/Credits/Media
Readings on Shakespeare by various writers
Lucy Peacock, Ted Dykstra, Pablo Silveira, actors
🎥 Songs from Shakespeare, Erich Korngold
i. Come Away Death from Twelfth Night
ii. Under the Greenwood Tree from As You Like It
iii. Blow Wind Blow from As You Like It
iv. O Mistress Mine from Twelfth Night
v. Hey Robin from Twelfth Night
vi. Desdemona's Song from Othello
vii. Adieu, Good Man Devil from Twelfth Night
viii. For the Rain, it Raineth Every Day from Twelfth Night
Monica Whicher soprano, Andrew Burashko piano
Never Doubt, Ted Dykstra
Ted Dykstra singer & piano
🎥 Four Pieces and Four Scenes from Much Ado About Nothing, Erich Korngold & William Shakespeare
i. Act I, Scene I
ii. The Maiden in the Bridal Chamber
iii. Act IV, Scene I
iv. Dogberry and the Verges March
v. Act V, Scene II
vi. Garden Scene
vii. Act V Scene IV
viii. Masquerade
Lucy Peacock actor, Ted Dykstra actor, Andrew Burashko piano, Erika Raum violin
INTERMISSION
Ophelia's Mad Scene (Act IV, Scene V), William Shakespeare
Patricia Fagan, actor
🎥 Ophelia Lieder, Op. 67, Richard Strauss
i. Wie erkenn ich mein treulieb?
ii. Gutten Morgen, ist Sankt Valentinstag
iii. Sie trugen ihn auf der Bahre blob
Monica Whicher soprano, Andrew Burashko pian
🎥 Ophelia/Why the Brook Wept John Cage
Choreographed by Peggy Baker
Peggy Baker dancer, Andrew Burashko piano
Romeo & Juliet (Act III, Scene V), Wiliam Shakespeare
March of the Montagues and Capulets, Sergei Prokofiev
Romeo & Juliet Before Parting, choreography by James Kudelka
Pablo Silveira actor, Patricia Fagan actor, Tanya Howard dancer, Patrick Lavoie dancer, Andrew Burashko piano
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